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Greg Barker: the lord's work

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London - The Place for Russian Millionaires

In the leafy streets of highgate and hampstead, there vast mansions belonging to wealthy russian men. How did this happen? Why? Londongrad? Not medritsky, not parislav, but londengrad. What deal did britain strike with these men to make london the place for russian millionaires? More to the point, what deal did bristol strike with itself, which enabled it to happen? In my mind, is probably the single most awful example of russian influence in british politics iave ever seen. So this is not the story of oleg deripaska, but the man who was at

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